Sample 73211
73211 Soil 101 grams
Section titled “73211 Soil 101 grams”
Figure 1: Photograph of 10 meter crater at station 3, Apollo 17 showing location of 73210. AS17-138-21160
Figure 2: Map of station 3, Apollo 17, showing position of 10 meter crater with respect to ejecta blanket from Lara Crater.
Introduction
Section titled “Introduction”73210 is the soil collected along with 73125 – 73128, and returned in same bag. This soil sample is thus partly dust attached to the rocks and material abraded off of them during transit.
Petrography
Section titled “Petrography”Morris (1978) determined the maturity index (Is / FeO =39).
Chemistry
Section titled “Chemistry”Korotev and Kremser (1992) determined the composition (REE are way high !).
Figure 3: Location of station 3 at Lara Crater on landslide from South Massiff. S73-24071
Figure 4: FeO content of 73211 compared with composition of Apollo soil samples.
Figure 5: Normalized rare-earth-element diagram for 73211 compared with mare and highland soil samples from Apollo 17.
Table 1. Chemical composition of 73211. References for 73211
| weight SiO2 % TiO2 | reference Korotev92 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Al2O3 FeO MnO MgO | 8.93 | 8.68 | (a) |
| CaO Na2O K2O P2O5 S % sum | 0.439 | 0.442 | (a) |
| Sc ppm | 20.6 | 19.6 | (a) |
| V Cr Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge ppb As Se Rb | 1640 28.5 203 | 1500 28 258 | (a) (a) (a) |
| Sr | 163 | 156 | (a) |
| Y Zr Nb Mo Ru Rh Pd ppb Ag ppb Cd ppb In ppb Sn ppb Sb ppb Te ppb Cs ppm | 230 | 270 | (a) |
| Ba La Ce | 185 40.5 106 | 198 17.2 45.4 | (a) (a) (a) |
| Pr Nd Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu Hf Ta W ppb Re ppb | 72 20.3 1.52 | 29 8.31 1.33 | (a) (a) (a) |
| 3.76 | 1.62 | (a) | |
| 11.1 1.47 6.2 0.8 | 6.29 0.864 7.27 0.87 | (a) (a) (a) (a) | |
| Os ppb Ir ppb | 7.4 | 8.5 | (a) |
| Pt ppb Au ppb Th ppm U ppm technique: (a) INAA | 3.4 4.7 0.97 | 2.1 3.15 0.69 | (a) (a) (a) |
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